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Signs you are star-crossed lovers

By star-crossed lovers, we generally mean couples who are victims of circumstances or who get torn apart from each other by circumstances that are beyond their control. While you can find fault in the stars, you can also look for seemingly innocuous signs that show your relationship isn't built to last. And, inevitably, you and your partner could find that both can do little to bury rising differences.

Sparks flyNo, we are not talking about the couple chemistry here. If every conversation you have ends in a fight, wake up. What's more, after every fight, you feel as if the relationship will end any moment. That doesn't sound like a normal couple fight, right?

Different goalsYou realise that both of you have completely different goals in life. For instance, you would like to move out of your city to make a career. But your partner wants to stay put. A compromise seems elusive.

Out of habitHanging out with each other seems a chore. You feel you are compelled to spend time with your date or partner simply because it's what couples do. You don't particularly look forward to this 'us' time. In fact, the silence between you two, when you hang out, is deafening.

You look for othersNo one is telling you that you need to put blinkers on while you are in a committed relationship. But you just can't help yourself looking for prospective paramours out there. All because you feel supremely unhappy in your present relationship.

A one-sided affair?Although you are in a relationship, you feel like the onus is completely on you to sustain and continue it. In other words, you feel like you are trapped in a one-sided affair.